Moroccan Chicken Pitas With Date Tabbouleh And Mint Yogurt Sauce

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I knew it would be fun to think up something to make with this week’s challenge ingredient – dates – based on the fact that you typically see them in sweets and breads and I’m just not a sweets kinda girl.  So, that being said, it was definitely a challenge. 

After making my recipe, I now know I will be using dates more often! 

Here’s what I came up with:

Moroccan Chicken Pitas With Date Tabbouleh And Mint Yogurt

For the chicken:

1 package pita bread

1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1 teaspoon paprika

1 teaspoon coriander

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon cumin

Pinch of cayenne pepper

2 tsp minced garlic

1 teaspoon ginger

1 tsp salt

3 tbsp olive oil

Combine all ingredients, from paprika down, in a small dish and stir thoroughly to combine.  It should look like this:

And this smells awesome, by the way.

Using a meat mallet, pound the chicken breasts pretty thin – about 1/2 inch thick.  Generously rub the spice mixture on all sides of chicken breasts, cover and let it sit in the refrigerator for about an hour.

For the tabbouleh:

2 bunches fresh Italian parsley, chopped

1/3 cup quinoa, cooked

2 cans petite diced tomatoes, drained and rinsed

1 small yellow onion, diced

2 lemons, juiced

4 Mahjool dates, pitted and diced small

About 1/4 cup olive oil – (I didn’t measure!)

Sea salt

Combine all ingredients and adjust salt and oil to your preference.  Cover and chill while the chicken is marinating – but first you should do like I did and dip a handful of pita chips in it.

For the Mint Yogurt Sauce:

1 cup Greek yogurt

1/2 small cucumber, diced

1 tbsp mint

1/2 lemon, juiced

Combine everything in a small glass bowl and chill. 

When the chicken has marinated, prepare grill to medium heat.  Grill the chicken until done – at least 165°.  I like mine very done, even with some crispy edges.

Half the pita bread, and split open.  Fill the halves with chicken, tabbouleh and finally the yogurt sauce. 

This is good…very good.

Nutritionella wasn’t able to participate this week because she cut her hand on her food processor and had to go to the emergency room!!  We hope it heals very quickly.  Check out her post about it, as well as the other blogger’s challenge recipes:

Nutritionella

And Love It Too!

Marci Gilbert

From The Little Yellow Kitchen

Happy Monday!

~Dixie Chik~